The Mission #3

Written by Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber
Art by Werther Dell'Edera

I was impressed enough by the opening two issues of The Mission to want to keep coming back, but with this third issue, I am convinced that this is a title that belongs on my pull-list.

The Mission is about a man named Paul, who was contacted by a man named Gabriel, and ordered to kill another man.  He was told that there was a secret war taking place, and that he has a role to play in it.  Obviously all of this sounded nuts, but when the man  he was supposed to kill shot up a courtroom and kidnapped his daughter, Paul decided to complete his mission.

Now, in this issue, the strain of everything that has been going on is starting to show.  Paul's relationship with his wife is suffering, and they are in couple's therapy.  Paul is beginning to question his own sanity, and his systematic approach to figuring out Gabriel's identity is turning up little evidence.  A new character, a homeless man, is introduced to the series when Paul sees him and Gabriel talking, but very little is clarified for either him or us.

I like the concept behind this.  It's like Mission: Impossible, but Paul is working for an angel.  What we don't know is whether or not Paul is working for the right side, or what all this conflict is about.

Dell'Edera's art is quite nice here.  I'm used to him drawing much darker series, but there is a lightness about his pencils.  I still don't know if this is a mini-series or an on-going (it's been solicited up to issue 6), but I do know that I'm going to be sticking with it.